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Uiga, I think. Hi, Murray, I'm Uigaga, a long-time listener of the podcast, love your work.

Thank you.

Here's my question.

Why did ancient armies, especially the Greek balance heavy ones, have relatively few ranged

units like archers and slingers compared to line infantry?

How did an ancient army determine the right number of ranged units for their army?

And did the range units fight in its scattered manner in between the formations of the

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